I wouldn't bother. It's shit.

I wouldn't bother. It's shit.

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State of Fear

State Of Fear

It's so sad that Michael Crichton has died. It's selfish, but I'd have loved to have heard his thoughts on global warming as time went on, and I've always enjoyed his books. State Of Fear seems to challenge the idea of global warming, and attacks the atmosphere in which it's …

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I tried the link, but the site seems to be down :-...

I tried the link, but the site seems to be down :-(

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Hooverdam Ogg Vorbis

I wage an intermittent campaign to get people to use Ogg Vorbis rather than MP3 because MP3 is encumbered by patents. Here's my latest message:

Hi, I went to http://www.hooverdamdownload.com/ to download the album, but it was only available in the MP3 format. Could you consider offering …

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Right Round

I remember You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) from 1985 (I became pop-aware on 9th March 1981), and now I'm listening to the version by Flo Rida Featuring Kesha.

For me, covers fall into two categories; those that simply parrot the original, and those that take the original and …

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Synaptic Glitch

One of the great things about Ubuntu is its automatic updater thing. Every now and then it checks to see if there are any updated versions of anything you've got installed. If there is, it gives you the option of installing them. This means that everything is always up-to-date. I …

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Man Plus

Man Plus

I hope this is fair dealing of this book cover.

It has a 50s feel to it. I like the descriptions of the protagonist's inner life. It seems incredible to us that such early machines could become conscious. However, he was on the right track...

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Weighed and sifted

Atonement was a sublime book. Seeing the film afterwards was more enjoyable as a result.

Saturday lived up to my high expectations. I don't know for sure, but I'd guess that in these two books the world that is described is very different from McEwan's background. I supposed all books …

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My dad's wife died on 9th February, two weeks ago now. At the funeral on the following Saturday, I was honoured to be asked to read Daisies by Andrew Young.

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GardenLend offer a similar service: more at http:/...

GardenLend offer a similar service: more at http://blog.GardenLend.co.uk

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